Because of their exceptionally long independent evolution, a range diminution of their Eocene relatives, and a remarkable subsequent diversification in Southeast Asia, tarsiers are of particular importance to evolutionary primatologists. Little is known, however, on the processes shaping the radiation of these small enigmatic primates-especially on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, their cente...

Island Southeast Asia covers Eurasia's tropical expanse of continental shelf and active subduction zones. Cutting between island landmasses, Wallace's Line separates Sunda and the Eastern Island Arc (the Arc) into distinct tectonic and faunal provinces. West of the line, on Sunda, Java Island yields many fossils of Homo erectus. East of the line, on the Arc, Flores Island provides one skeleton ...

Uca cryptica Naderloo, Türkay & Chen, 2010, was originally described from four male specimens found in museum collections without any information regarding the site of collection. We present the first recorded field observations of this species and new morphological features. Specimens were observed and collected in the Wakatobi National Park, on the island of Kaledupa, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indon...

Abstract Large devastating events such as earthquakes often display frequency–magnitude statistics that exhibit power-law distribution. In this study, we implement a recently developed method called earthquake nowcasting (Rundle et al. in Earth Space Sci 3: 480–486, 2016) to evaluate the current state of hazards seismic prone Sulawesi province, Indonesia. The technique considers statistical beh...

Gryphopsylla maxomydis n. sp. (Pygiopsyllidae), Medwayella rubrisciurae n. sp. (Pygiopsyllidae) and Macrostylophora theresae n. sp. (Ceratophyllidae) are described from endemic rodents in Sulawesi. Gryphopsylla maxomydis was collected from the murids Maxomys musschenbroekii and Paruromys dominator in Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah). However, M. musschenbroekii appears to be the true host of ...

Comoran coelacanths are sluggish, nocturnal drift hunters that feed on other fish and have a low metabolic rate 6. During the day, they retreat to the still water of deep lava caves 1. The Indonesian sites would therefore seem to be unsuitable for sustaining a viable population of L. chalumnae. So far, four Indonesian coelacanths have been found in a relatively small area along the north Sulawe...

Along southwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia, the Spermonde Archipelago comprises some 120 islands of variable size and degree of anthropogenic modification. Comparable to adjacent areas in Southeast Asia, the Spermonde Archipelago is characterized by the congregation of a naturally high marine biodiversity and, at the same time, a high population density influencing the surrounding environmental con...

The recently described Stiphodon annieae (Keith & Hadiaty, 2014) was thought to be endemic Halmahera Island, Indonesia. However, from August 2019 January 2020, we collected several specimens during field trips the Soho, Simpong, and Uso rivers in Luwuk Banggai, Central Sulawesi, We describe Soho River discuss ichthyofauna of Banggai. This is first report S. Sulawesi. Our records represe...

Another splendid Birdquest tour to Sulawesi and Halmahera, and one that was rather different to usual, in that we did not see rain until our penultimate day! Everywhere was very hot and dry, some areas not having had any rain for three months, perhaps the effect of an ‘El Nino’ weather event. This however didn’t seem to have any negative effect on the birding, and we recorded a very handsome to...

A new genus of Lebinthina (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae) is erected based on species from Maluka Islands near northern Sulawesi (Indonesia): Platybinthus gen. nov. This currently consists three species. punctatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898) et comb. Halmahera Island assigned as the type striolatus nov., also Island, redescribed. We describe a species: sandyi sp. Morotai Island.